For over 24 years, the ALCAT Test has provided both patients and healthcare professionals with a tool to successfully overcome a wide variety of conditions, such as digestive disorders, migraines, obesity, chronic fatigue, skin disorders and arthritis, which result from food and chemical sensitivities.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Weight loss and the holiday seasons are two things you
thought you would never hear in the same sentence. If you were told it is
possible to lose weight during the holidays, would you believe it? Probably
not, right? Well it is more than possible, and it is all thanks to recent
studies regarding food sensitivities.

For the longest time people were under the impression that
food allergies were the cause of certain health issues. It was even
thought that someone was allergic to a food if it didn’t agree with them.
Wesley Burks, MD, division chief of pediatric allergy and immunology at DukeUniversityMedicalCenter
in Durham, North Carolina said it best, “You
can’t eat cheese, feel sick and claim
a food allergy, but then turn around and enjoy ice cream and feel okay”.
Well, thanks in part to recent food studies looking into the reactions
foods go through during digestion, food sensitivities have been discovered.

Food sensitivities are much more common than food
allergies, you just don’t know that they are there. Or do you? If
you have ever suffered from bloating, headaches, stomach pains, gas, swelling,
etc., it most likely has been due to a food sensitivity to something that you
have eaten within the past few hours. Food sensitivities are definitely
responsible for that unwanted weight gain as well as numerous other health
concerns. The cause behind the unwanted weight gain and other unpleasant
health issues...inflammation in the gut or intestines.

So how does understanding
food sensitivities help you lose weight?
Foods which you experience sensitivities to are preventing you from
achieving that optimal level of health and weight. By molding a diet
around your food sensitivities, the body will begin functioning the way it
should, side-effect free. Increased metabolism, less fatigue, more energy
are all possible after identifying which sensitivities you are affected by.
How are you supposed to mold a diet around food when you don’t know which
foods negatively affect you? It really doesn't have to be as complicated
as it seems. Of course you can go through an elimination diet over a
period of a couple weeks to help rule out certain foods that are making you
gain weight. Although, there is a much quicker and more precise way.
It is called a food sensitivity test.

A food sensitivity test can precisely uncover exactly which
foods are causing the inflammation which we now know causes a variety of other
health issues. A simple blood test, analyzed in a lab, will provide you results
to help you develop the diet that best suites your sensitivities. ALCAT
Worldwide offers such a test and it has helped numerous patients return to a healthy,
symptom-free lifestyle. Take advantage of the opportunity in front of you
now before the “eating season” begins and you end up in another weight battle.

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For over 24 years, the ALCAT Test has provided both patients and healthcare professionals with a tool to successfully overcome a wide variety of conditions which result from food and chemical sensitivities.